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NBA Betting: Best 'Over'/'Under' Teams in 2013-14

With the LA Clippers vs. Oklahoma City Thunder series, we’re seeing some of the most exciting, high scoring battles in the NBA playoffs in recent times. Let’s take a look at this past season’s 'over' and 'under' betting to see which picks proved most profitable.

Detroit Pistons-29-53 SU, 55-26-1 'Over'/'Under'The Pistons
with newly acquired Brandon Jennings and Josh Smith didn’t fare so well when it
came to winning ball games, but if you’re a bettor that looks to bet 'over's,' this is the team as no other team even comes close to Detroit.

The Pistons
allowed 104.7 points per ball game, and this was a definite contributing factor, no matter where the betting total was placed at by odds makers.

Milwaukee Bucks -15-67 SU, 47-34-1 'Over'/'Under'Again, here
is another lousy basketball team that didn’t know how to play defense. The
Bucks allowed 103.7 points per game and averaged only 95.5 points per game. The
defense overrode the offense where the betting total was concerned. Larry
Sanders, who excelled on the defensive end of the court, missed a boat load of
ball games and this didn’t help Milwaukee’s cause.

Portland Trail Blazers – 54-28 SU,
46-35-1 'Over'/'Under'If you watch
Damian Lillard enough, you’ll know why the Blazers games were 'over' the total
often, and that’s because the man can’t play defense. Although Portland plays a
fast-paced game with guys like Batum and Aldridge, they also are lacking on the
defensive end, and that’s why we saw a lot of 'over' the totals.

Let’s skip
through a few teams to find some teams who basically played a “Swiss
Cheese-like defense” with a lot of holes for the opponents to run through.

Los Angeles Lakers -27-55 SU, 44-37-1 'Over'/'Under'This team
never had a set lineup and their defense was simply disgusting to watch. When
Mike D’antoni is the head coach, defense isn’t stressed anyway and it resulted
in more 'over' than 'under's.'

Betting the 'Under'

Golden State Warriors – 51-31 SU,
33-48-1 'Over'/'Under'The Warriors
played to the 'under' the most in the league, and this was due to the odds makers
placing very high totals with sharp shooters like Stephen Curry in the game.

Although the
Warriors were spectacular on the offensive end of the court, the totals for
these games were simply listed too high and the bettors that favored the 'under',
made out like bandits with their NBA picks.

Chicago Bulls- 48-34 SU, 34-48 'Over'/'Under'The Bulls
are a different story because although Derrick Rose was injured, Joakim Noah
made it his goal to be a force on the defensive end, and it showed in the final
scores of most of the Bulls games, which were mostly low scoring. Odds makers
placed the totals on the low side, but evidently not low enough.

Indiana Pacers – 56-26 SU, 35-45-2 'Over'/'Under'The Pacers
are one of the best examples for taking the 'under' because no matter how low the
betting totals were placed, this team had a top-flight defense, and you weren’t
going to see a lot of teams “go off” on Indiana; not even teams with great
offenses such as Miami. Defense almost always prevailed in Pacers games and the 'under' was the way to go.

This has
been a fantastic look at some of the most prosperous ways to bet where the
total is concerned. Enjoy the playoffs, everyone and keep these trends in mind
for next season!